Convention suggests wars are named after the participants or the place it which fighting takes place. But who chooses − and why?
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Avant Israël à Gaza, les responsables américains ont, au fil de l’histoire, eu recours à diverses stratégies rhétoriques pour se dédouaner des atrocités commises par les dirigeants et pays qu’ils ont soutenus.
Los funcionarios estadounidenses han utilizado una serie de estrategias retóricas para eludir la responsabilidad por las atrocidades cometidas por aquellos a quienes apoya.
As autoridades norte-americanas usaram várias estratégias retóricas para distanciar o país e evitar a responsabilidade pelas atrocidades cometidas por aqueles que ele apoia.
US officials have used a number of rhetorical strategies – ways of talking about something – to distance the country from, and avoid responsibility for, atrocities committed by those it supports.
An analysis of over 1,000 headlines shows key differences in how US media portray the aggressors and victims in the two conflicts.
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